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I. N. MATLIGK' HAY CARRIER AND TRAGK FRAME.

No. 310,951. Patented Jan. 20, 1885.

WITNEEEEE Immmm mares ATET Fries ISAAC N. MATLICK, OF SAN JOSE,CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN N. PRATHER, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-CARRIER AND TRACK-FRAME.

[:BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,951, datedJanuary 20,1885.

(No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. MATLIOK, a citizen of the United States,and residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Claraand State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay-Carriersand Track- Frames Combined, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in hay-carriers andtrack-frames combined and the object of my invention is, first, toprovide a means whereby bales,boXes, casks, &c., of merchandise may bereadily lifted or raised from the ground through the ordinary windows,doors, or other openings usually left in the walls of barns andwarehouses and carhay-carriers, whereby the track-frame is 0011-" tinnedout past and overhangs the doorway or window and forms a substitute forthe ordinary horizontal hoist-beam third, to provide an improvedhay-carrier provided with a friction-brake automatically operated by thedegree ofinclination given to thehanger or hoistpulley frame. Theseobjects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents, in side elevation,a view of my improved hay-carrier and track-frame. Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation showing the carrier upon the inclined portion of thetrack. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view.

Similar letters of reference are used to indicate like parts throughoutthe several figures.

A A represent the carrier-frame, which is composed of two scantlings ofthe desired length, secured together at their ends in any suitablemanner, with an intervening space, B, in which the hanger C of thecarrier D travels when the device is operated to carry the weight.

The carrier consists of two sets of inner flanged wheels, E E, journaled upon axles F F, placed a short distance apart and connected bya truck-bar, G, to the center of which is pivoted the hanger C by abolt, H. The lower end of the hanger is provided with a pulley, I, andhook or eye J, for the attachment of the hoisting-rope K. Thishoisting-rope passes from the eye upon the carrier, and'is rove throughthe hoisting-block L, the hook of which is passed through the sling-linearound the bundle or package. The rope is then passed upward and backover the pulley 1, contained within the hanger-frame, and is ledbackward to the rear end of the track-frame, where it passes over asnatch-block or pulley,

M, secured to any suitable fixed support, and

the bight falls down to within convenient reach of the operator. Thewheels E of the carrier travel on the track or rails of thecarrier-framc. which is hung from the deck, beams, girders, or roof N ofthe store-house by means of strap-irons O, and securely bolted, as showninFig. 1.

The carrier is provided with a brake, P, which consists of a bar of ironcurved, as shown, and pivoted to the upper portion of the hanger Cimmediately beneath the truckbar G, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner end ofthis brake-bar projects backward beyondthe truck-bar, and is then curvedor bent downward, so as to rest upon the hoisting-rope and bind itagainst the pulley-block I. The forward end of the brakebar is providedwith a hole, Q, to which is attached a rope, R. The trackway is so hungthat that portion of it designated by the letter A. is perfectly level,while the portion A is inclined at an angle of about thirty-fivedegrees, and is made continuous with the level portion. This inclinedportion projects downward and outward out through the upper part of thewindow or doorway, only sufiicient space being left between. the trackand the top of the opening to admit of the passage of the wheels of thecarrier.

The operation of my improved carrier and track will be as follows, towit: Let it be supposed that the carrier is 011 the trackway and at thefarther end of the store-room. The operator ,now catches hold of thebrake-rope It and draws the carrier forward along the level track untilit reaches the inclined portion thereof, and then pulls it down untilfurther progress is arrested by the chock-block S,when thehoisting-blockis made fast to the bale or package, and by pulling uponthe hoistingrope K the bale is raised up vertically until furtherprogress in that direction is stopped by the hoistingbloek strikingagainst the lower part of the hanger C. By continuing the pull upon thehoisting-rope the carrier is now drawn up the inclined track A and ontothe level portion A thereof and along such portion until the bale isimmediately over the place of deposit.

It should here be observed that while the carrier is upon the inclinedtrack that the hanger will extend downward at an angle to the truck-barG, as shown in Fig. 2, and the hoisting-rope and hanger-block will bemoved out of contact with the brake bar or shoe; but when the carrierhas ascended up onto thelevel portion of the track the weight of thebale will cause the truck-bar and hanger to assume a position at rightangles to each other, and the overbalaneing-weight of the curved end ofthe brake and also the pressure of the rear end of the truck-bar uponthe top rear end of the brake-bar will cause the brake-shoes to bepressed with sufficient force upon the rope to jam it against thehanger-block and prevent the bale from descending, should the strainupon the hoisting-rope be slackened. \Vhen the bale is over the place ofdeposit, the cord R is pulled upon, which will raise the brake fromoifthe hoisting-rope and permit the cargo to be lowered, when the wholeoperation may be repeated.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

In a hay-carrier, the combination, with the horizontal tracks A A andinclined tracks A A, having chock-block S, of the wheeled tru ck orcarrier D, pivoted hanger C, pulleys I H, hoisting-block L, brakes I,and ropes K R, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

ISAAC N. MATLIOK.

